Real Estate Analysis Company records, 1949-1990's.

Real Estate Analysis Company (Wheat Ridge, Colo.)

C MSS WH2276

Finding aid available online and in repository.

1949-1990s.

1,650 volumes (est.)

The Real Estate Analysis Company was founded by Lee R. Wedgwood in 1949 as a subsidiary to his real estate firm, Wedgwood, Ltd., Realtors in Wheat Ridge, Colo. The company's Real Estate Sales Data Bank provided real estate sales and property information to realtors, appraisers, attorneys, insurance agents and adjustors, and investors. Information was derived from county tax records, the Multi-List, Rocky Mountain Journal, and every real estate directory published for Denver. The data bank was also used more broadly to define trends in real estate sales. It continued in existence into the 1990s. At the time, the index was purported to cover 98% of the real estate market in the four counties of the metro Denver area: Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, and Jefferson. The data bank was a paper based, real estate research library that fuctioned much like what would be considered an electronic database today.

Collection contains more than 1650 volumes compiled by the Real Estate Analysis Company (1949-1990s). The volumes form an index called the Real Estate Sales Data Bank. The data bank provided information on residential, commercial, and industrial properties. The entries can include past and present listings, sales histories, and ownership information. Other information includes land dimensions, improvements, terms of sale, and terms of financing. Some entries also contain multiple listing service property sheets with photographs or printed images of the properties. The bulk of the volumes reference residential real estate arranged alphabetically (A-Z) by street name and then by streets with numeric names. Additional volumes cover apartment buildings, office buildings, commercial buildings, shopping centers, retail space, and industrial warehouses arranged by city and/or county.

Wedgwood, Lee R. (Lee Robert), 1924-2013.

Real Estate Analysis Company (Wheat Ridge, Colo.) -- Indexes.

Wedgwood, Ltd., Realtors (Wheat Ridge, Colo.)

Residential real estate -- Valuation -- Colorado -- Denver Metropolitan Area -- 20th century.

Commercial real estate -- Valuation -- Colorado -- Denver Metropolitan Area -- 20th century.

Industrial real estate -- Valuation -- Colorado -- Denver Metropolitan Area -- 20th century.

Real property -- Colorado -- Denver Metropolitan Area -- Examinations, questions, etc. -- 20th century.

Multiple listing -- Colorado -- Denver Metropolitan Area -- 20th century.

Denver Metropolitan Area (Colo.) -- Housing -- Indexes.

Adams County (Colo.) -- Housing -- Indexes.

Arapahoe County (Colo.) -- Housing -- Indexes.

Denver (Colo.) -- Housing -- Indexes.

Jefferson County (Colo.) -- Housing -- Indexes.

Real estate.

Indexes (reference sources)

Databases.

Photographs.

Wedgwood, Van C., donor.

Real Estate Sales Data Bank.

Catalog record based on preliminary inventory.

Contact Special Collections and Archives Dept., Denver Public Library, Denver, Colo.

Gift; Van C. Wedgwood; 2013.